Tokamak reactor first wall

Title: Tokamak reactor first wall

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This invention relates to an improved first wall construction for a tokamak fusion reactor vessel, or other vessels subjected to similar pressure and thermal stresses.

Inventors:: Creedon, R L; Levine, H E; Wong, C; Battaglia, J

Issue Date:: 1984-11-20

Research Org.:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 5171206

Application Number:: ON: DE85017771; TRN: 85-024355

Assignee:: Dept. of Energy

DOE Contract Number:: AT03-76ET51011

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; FIRST WALL; SPECIFICATIONS; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS; COOLANTS; DESIGN; HELIUM; LITHIUM OXIDES; THERMAL STRESSES; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE GASES; STRESSES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; 700209* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Component Development & Materials Testing

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                    Creedon, R L, Levine, H E, Wong, C, and Battaglia, J. Tokamak reactor first wall.  United States: N. p., 1984. 
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